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L. P. BATON 8v W. B. PENN.

' BLAGKING BRUSH.

No. 308,477. Patented Nov. Z5, 1884.

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LEVI E. EATON AND ILLIAM B. FENN, OE MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, SAID FENNASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM W'. VH'EELER, OF SAME PLACE.

BLACKING-BRUSH.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308A'77, datedNovember 25, 1884.

Application filed January 15, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, Lnvr F. EATON and W'rLLmM B. FENN, both of Meriden,in the county of New I-Iaven and State of Connecticut,

have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in Blacking-Brushes,of which the following description and claims constitute thespecification, and which is illustrated by the accompanying sheet ofdrawings.

This is a blacking-brush which carries the box of blacking upon itsback, and enables the user to transfer blacking from the box to theapplication-brush by simply manipulating the handle of the apparatus.lI5 Figure l in the drawings is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 2is a side view of the contrivance, and Fig. 3 is a detail in` section. Ais the polishing-brush, constructed in the usual manner. B is the lowerhalf of the handle, rigidly fastened to the back of the polishing-brush.C is the upper halt' of the handle, attached to the lower half by thepivot D. The left-hand ends of the halves of the handle are held apart,and the right-hand ends are forced toward each other by the spring E.The lower half of the handle is provided with two pairs of brackets, F Fand G G.

Between the brackets E F the blacking-box carrier II is sustained by thepivot I. Between the brackets G G the application-brush car2 rier J issimilarly sustained by the pivot K.

Either rigidly or longitudinally adj ustably attached to the holder J isthe applicationbrush J.

Between the individuals of cach pair of brackets the ri gilt-hand end ofthe upper half, C, ofthe handle is located. That end is forked, andbetween the forks the slotted projections of the blacking-box holder andofthe application-brush holder are situated. The two parts of the forkedend of the upper half of the handle are connected by the pivots L L,which work in the slots M Ml in the slotted projections latelymentioned.

N is a set screw by means of which the blacking-box holder may beadjusted to different sizes of such boxes. O is a set-screw for holding`such a box in its holder. It is pointed in form, so that the point mayserve to clean the space between the uppers and the 5o soles of boots orshoes.

P is an eccentric locking device for holding the right-hand ends of thehalves of the handle apart against'the action of the spring E.

It performs that function when its handles Q, Q are in the positionshown in Fig. 2. At such times the eccentric supports the upper half, C,of the handle by pressing against the protuberance R, cast in thelatter.The spring S, which is fastened by the rivet T to the lower 6o half ofthe handle, and which strains downward upon a flat surface of the axisof the eccentric lockingdevice P, aids to keep the latter in its lockedposition. When the handles Q Q are placed in the position shown in Fig.

l, the upper half, C, ofthe handle is released from the locking device,and the spring S, by resting upon another fiat surface of the axis ofthat device, retains the latter in that position till the handles Q Qare again raised.

The inode of operation of this apparatus is as follows: The cover of theblacking-box being removed and the box fastened in its holder, and thelocking device being in the position shown in Fig. l, and the blackingbeing properly nioistened in the usual manner, and the brush being heldin the hand by the handle, the spring E will operate, through the upperhalf, C, ofthe handle and through the pivots L L and the holders H andJ, to bring the 8o application-brush into contact with the blacking, soasu to receive a portion of the latter upon its. surface, then bypressing the lefthand ends of the halves of the handle together, and byadjusting the locking device in the position shown in Fig. 2, the userforces the application-brush Jto its position shown in the same figure,and thereupon uses it to apply blacking to a shoe or other article inthe usual manner. He then polishes the article in the 9o usual mannerwith th-e brush A.

The locking device may be omitted where the user prefers to hold theleft-hand ends of the halves of the handle together by clasping themrmly in his hand when applying the 'blacking to the shoe or otherarticle to be blacked.

Either the application-brush or the blackl img box may be adjusmblyfitted to its holder, so Ythat when the blaoking is partly exhausted thesurface of the application-brush may penetrate farther into theblaoking-box when the 5 two are brought together.

'We claim as our invention- Theoombinzttion of the lower half, B, andthe upper half, C, of the handle with the spring E, the hlacking-boxholder H, and the applieatolrbrush holder J said holders being 13pivoted to standards and connected with the upper part of the handle,substantially as described.

LEVI F. EATON.

VILLIAM B. FENN. lVtnesses:

E. A. MERRIMAN, CHARLES W. MANN.

